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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1908
Page
7
A reader shares a personal experiment with a homemade hair growth mixture. The guide lists ingredients such as menthol crystals and lavender oil, with steps to mix and apply daily, claiming strong results but noting risks from potent compounds.
A renowned beauty specialist touts a simple home remedy used by thousands across the United States Canada Europe to achieve velvet skin. The mix includes Rose Water Flowers of Oxzola and tincture of Bengola with To-Kalag perfume, applied nightly to face neck and hands to reduce lines and blemishes and restore a youthful glow.
In Monroeville Indiana on May 2 and 3 a flurry of social events is described. Hidebound at Fort Wayne visitors, Knights of Pythias reception, cracker eating and whistling contest, grand march, and a Mozart statuette prize mark a bustling community program with dozens of locals named among attendees. An accident involving a boy breaking a window pane is noted with concern.
Piles quickly cured at home claims to avoid knife surgery and pain by a safe home remedy. Free trial package promised, with instructions to send name and address for a box by mail and a claim of instant relief and lasting results.
Secretary James Wilson, longtime Iowa agricultural figure and head of the Department of Agriculture for eleven years, is featured in a profile noting his Scottish birth, years in farming, and public service. The piece highlights a new, grand building nearing completion to house the department in Washington.
A Warsaw gathering highlights include Priscilla Embroidery club entertaining at Mrs. G Spake home with germiniums and plum blossoms May 1. Etude Music club hosted a May 28 recital at Kathryn Ireland's home. program featured duets and solos by members and guests. Also listed are church social plans, Owl Club gathering, a horse incident near Charles Taylor's carriage injuring no one, and various local visits and notes from Warsaw and surrounding towns. The American Salvation Army in Fort Wayne appeals for provisions and cash, with donation deadlines and a rescue home at 450 Bask Wallace Street.
Kosciusko County News reports Warsaw May 2 edition with local sports notes. Mentions 7th grade or junior team playing Tippecanoe today, no game Saturday, upcoming Rochester contest, and a Pennsylvania Rail route crew pacing through Warsaw readings about sowers. Also notes a Warsaw High School literary event Friday afternoon.
A bustling clearance lists hundreds of items with steep cut prices on lace curtains gloves mowers hose canes petticoats and more. Featured deals include lace curtains from 39 cents per yard to 4 50, silk gloves from 50 cents to 2 dollars, Velocipedes and go carts under a dollar, steel tools at low cents, linoleum and drapery items with bold discounts offered for tomorrow only.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Bobay welcomed a girl. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Solomon of Washington township reported a girl. Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Kraemer of Washington township announced a girl. Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Welling of Arams township welcomed a boy. Alexander Fox of Adams township and Mrs. Frank Grearson of Marion township appeared in the birth notes. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Form of Monroe reported a baby boy. Box and H. Fekewold of South Bend listed births. Fahrwold formerly worked at the Golden Hall store.
Druggist dealer promotes Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a cure for dyspepsia indigestion costiveness biliousness female complaints and malarial fever in a short course.
The obituary notes Hon L Coffin, longtime leader of a temperance group, who contributed $8,000 toward benevolent projects at his own expense. It details his marriage to Nellie Ingalls of Detroit and his past as a teacher, with references to his work at Hope Hall and service to prisoners.
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